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Ipsuod  Mnroh  20.  19ns. 


(B.  A.  I.  Order  151.) 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


RILE  1,  REVISION  3.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SPLENETIC 
FEVER  IN  CATTLE. 

Effective  on  and  after  April  1,  1908. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  contagious  and  infectious  disease 
known  as  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  exists  among  cattle  in 
the  following-named  States  and  Territories,  to  wit: 

California,  Oklahoma,  Texas,  Missouri,  Arkansas,  Louisiana, 
Mississippi,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Virginia,  North  Carolina, 
South  Carolina,  Georgia,  and  Florida. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  conferred  by  section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  1264),  do  hereby  quarantine  the  area  here- 
inafter described  and  do  order  by  this  Rule  1,  Revision  3,  under  the 
authority  and  discretion  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  3  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat., 
1265),  that  the  interstate  movement  of  cattle  of  the  area  herein  quar- 
antined to  any  point  not  located  in  the  said  quarantined  area  shall  be 
made  only  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  143,  promulgated 
March  22,  1907,  and  effective  April  15,  1907,  and  amendments  thereto, 
subject  only  to  the  exceptions  hereinafter  contained. 

The  following  areas  are  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or 
Texas  fever  in  cattle: 

CALIFORNIA. 

The  counties  of  San  Diego,  Imperial,  Orange,  Riverside,  Los 
Angeles,  Ventura,  San  Luis  Obispo,  that  portion  of  San  Bernardino 
County  west  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixteenth  meridian  west  longi- 
tude, Santa  Barbara  County  with  the  exception  of  the  island  of  Santa 
Rosa,  and  that  portion  of  Fresno  County  west  of  the  right  of  way  of 
the  main  line  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  are  quarantined. 

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During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  counties 
of  Riverside,  Los  Angeles,  Ventura,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Santa  Barbara 
(except  the  island  of  Santa  Rosa),  that  portion  of  San  Bernardino 
County  west  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixteenth  meridian  west  longi- 
tude, or  that  portion  of  Fresno  County  west  of  the  right  of  way  of 
the  main  line  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  shall  be  moved  or 
allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for  immediate  slaughter,  to 
any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the  -State  of  California  which 
is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas 
fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and 
found  free  of  infection  and  a  written  permit  for  the  movement  issued 
by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission 
shall  have  been  obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper 
official  of  the  State  or  Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  in  California  which  are  quarantined  for 
splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  cattle  shall  only  be  moved  or 
allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of  the  quarantined  area 
in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  immediate  slaughter. 

TEXAS. 

The  entire  State  of  Texas  is  quarantined,  with  the  exception  of  the 
counties  of  Dallam,  Sherman,  Hansford,  Ochiltree,  Lipscomb,  Hart- 
ley, Moore,  Hutchinson,  Roberts,  Hemphill,  Oldham,  Potter,  Carson, 
Gray,  Wheeler,  Deaf  Smith,  Randall,  Armstrong,  Donley,  Collings- 
worth, Parmer,  Castro,  Swisher,  Briscoe,  Hall,  Childress,  Bailey, 
Lamb,  Hale,  Floyd,  Motley,  Cochran,  Hockley,  Lubbock,  Crosby, 
Dickens,  Yoakum,  Terry,  Lynn,  Garza,  Kent,  Gaines,  Dawson, 
Andrews,  Martin,  El  Paso,  Jeff  Davis,  Presidio,  Brewster,  Reeves, 
Loving,  Winkler,  Ector,  Midland,  and  Ward. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  coun- 
ties of  Cottle,  Hardeman,  Foard,  Wilbarger,  King,  Knox,  Baylor, 
Stonewall,  Haskell,  Borden,  Scurry,  Fisher,  Jones,  Howard,  Mitchell, 
Glasscock,  Sterling,  Crane,  Upton,  Reagan,  Irion,  those  portions  of 
the  counties  of  Pecos  and  Terrell  north  and  west  of  a  line  beginning 
at  a  point  on  the  western  boundary  of  Pecos  County  where  said  oound- 
ary  is  intersected  by  the  roadbed  of  the  Galveston,  Harrisburg  and  San 
Antonio  Railroad  Company;  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  with  the 
center  of  said  roadbed  to  a  point  on  section  No.  36,  block  A2,  Galves- 
ton, Harrisburg  and  San  Antonio  Railroad  Company;  thence  north 
with  the  pasture  fence,  running  in  a  northerly  direction  through  the 
eastern  part  of  sections  Nos.  13  and  12  of  said  block  A2  and  across 
section  1,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company;  thence 
continuing  north  with  said  pasture  fence  through  the  eastern  parts  of 
sections  Nos.  16,  17,  46,  47,  76,  77,  106,  107,  136,  137,  142,  143,  and 
194,  block  D,  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Extension  Railway  Com- 
pany; thence  continuing  in  a  northerly  direction  to  a  point  on  the 
northern  boundary  of  section  No.  6,  block  160,  Gulf,  Colorado  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  same  being  corner  of  pasture  fence; 
thence  east  along  the  northern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  6,  9,  10,  11, 
12,  15,  16,  block  160,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Com- 
pany, to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  section  No.  16,  the  same  being 
corner  of  pasture  fence;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  with  the 
eastern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  22,  21,  20,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29, 

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30,  31,  and  32,  block  1,  Corpus  Christ i,  San  Diego  and  Rip  Grande 
Narrow  Gau^c  Railway  Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said 
section  No.  32;  thence  wesi  with  the  northern  boundary  of 
Nos.  32  and  33,  same  block,  to  the  northwest  corner  or  section  No. 
33,  block  1,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio  Grande  Narrow 
Gauge  Railway  Company,  corner  of  fence;  thence  north  with  the 
ea-tern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  1,  12,  13,  24,  25,  36,  37 
60,  61,  and  72,  block  2,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Diego  and  Rio 
Grande  Narrow  Gauge  Railway  Company,  to  the  nortl 
corner  of  said  section  No.  72;  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  with  the 
pasture  fence  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  No.  9,  patented  to 
James  E.  Evans;  thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary  of 
section  No.  9  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  No.  100,  block  A2, 
Texas  Central  Railway  Company;  thence  east  with  the  northern 
boundary  of  sections  Nos.  100  and  89,  same  block,  to  the  northeast 
corner  or  said  section  No.  89,  block  A2,  Texas  Central  Railway  Com- 
pany; thence  north  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  sections  Nos.  90, 
91,  92,  and  93  to  the  southeast  corner  of  section  No.  94,  block  A2, 
Texas  Central  Railway  Company;  thence  northwest  diagonally 
across  section  No.  94  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section ;  thence 
continuing  in  a  northwesterly  direction  diagonally  across  sections 
Nos.  14,  18,  and  28  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No.  29,  block  C4, 
Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company;  thence  west  with  the 
northern  boundary  of  said  section  No.  29  to  the  northwest  corner  of 
said  section;  thence  northwest  diagonally  across  section  No.  1,  Texas 
Central  Railway  Company,  section  No.  97,  block  194,  Gulf,  Colorado 
and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  to  the  northeast  corner  of  section  No. 
96;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  across  section  No.  94  to  a  point 
on  its  northern  boundary  600  varas  west  of  its  northeast  corner; 
thence  continuing  north  through  sections  Nos.  93,  90,  89,  86,  85,  and 
58,  block  194,  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  to  a 
point  on  the  northern  boundary  of  said  section  No.  58;  thence  north- 
westerly with  the  pasture  fence  through  section  No.  59  to  the  north- 
east corner  of  section  No.  82  and  the  southeast  corner  of  section  No. 
81,  same  block;  thence  continuing  northwesterly  to  section  No.  17, 
Houston  and  Great  Northern  Railroad  Company;  thence  north  along 
the  eastern  boundary  of  said  section  No.  17  to  the  Pecos  River;  thence 
northwesterly  along  said  Pecos  River  to  the  northwest  corner  of 
Crockett  County,  or  that  portion  of  Tom  Green  County  west  of  a  line 
extending  due  north  from  the  northeast  corner  of  Irion  County  to  the 
southern  boundary  of  Coke  County,  shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to 
move,  except  as  provided  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the 
United  States  not  in  the  State  of  Texas  which  is  located  in  an  area  not 
quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until 
the  said  cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection 
and  a  written  permit  for  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been 
obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the 
State  or  Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  and  portions  of  counties  in  that  part  of 
Texas  which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever, 
cattle  shall  only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points 
outside  of  the  quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations 
for  immediate  slaughter. 

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OKLAHOMA. 

The  entire  State  of  Oklahoma  is  quarantined  except  the  counties 
of  Cimarron,  Texas,  Beaver,  Harper,  Woods,  Alfalfa,  Grant,  Kay, 
Woodward,  Major,  Garfield,  Ellis,  Dewey,  Kingfisher,  Logan,  Roger 
Mills,  Custer,  Beckham,  Washita,  Oklahoma,  that  portion  of  Blaine 
County  north  of  the  Canadian  River,  that  portion  of  Canadian  County 
north  of  the  Canadian  River,  that  portion  of  Cleveland  County 
north  of  the  Canadian  River  and  west  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway,  and  that  portion  of  Noble  County  west  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  and  north  of  the  line 
between  townships  23  and  24  north. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  Greer 
County,  that  portion  ot  Cleveland  County  east  of  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  and  north  of  the  line  between  town- 
ships 7  and  8  north,  or  that  portion  of  Noble  County  east  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  and  south  of  the  line  between 
townships  21  and  22  north,  or  of  the  Kansas  Nation  or  Osage  Nation, 
shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for  immediate 
slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the  State  of 
Oklahoma  which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  splenetic, 
southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle  shall  have 
been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written  permit  for 
the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
nor  until  permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in  advance  of  the  move- 
ment from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or  Territory  into  which 
the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  and  portions  of  counties  in  that  part  of 
Oklahoma  which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas 
fever,  cattle  shall  only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to 
points  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regula- 
tions for  immediate  slaughter. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  quar- 
antined area  of  any  State  or  Territory  other  than  the  State  of 
Oklahoma  shall,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  be  moved  or  allowed 
to  move  into  the  Kansas  Nation  or  Osage  Nation:  Provided,  That 
from  October  1  of  each  year  to  May  15  of  the  following  year  cattle 
of  the  quarantined  area  of  any  other  State  or  Territory  may  be 
moved  mto  the  above-mentioned  nations  after  having  been  satis- 
factorily dipped  in  Beaumont  crude  petroleum,  or  otherwise  properly 
treated,  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry. 

MISSOURI. 

Ripley  County,  that  portion  of  Oregon  County  south  of  the  line 
between  townships  22  and  23  north,  that  portion  of  Newton  County 
west  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Kansas  City  Southern  Railway,  and 
that  portion  of  McDonald  County  west  of  the  right  of  way  of  the 
Kansas  City  Southern  Railway  are  quarantined. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  area 
hereinbefore  described  shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except 
as  provided  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United 
States  not  in  the  State  of  Missouri  which  is  located  in  an  area  not 
quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until 

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the  said  cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection 
and  a  written  permit  for  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been 
obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of 
the  State  or  Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  snipped. 

ARKANSAS. 

The  entire  State  of  Arkansas  is  quarantined  except  the  counties 
of  Carroll,  Randolph,  Clay,  Greene,  and  Lawrence. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  Benton 
County  shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for 
immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the 
State  of  Arkansas  which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for 
splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle 
snail  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written 
permit  for  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in 
advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or 
Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  in  that  portion  or  the  State  of  Arkansas 
which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  cattle 
shall  only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside 
of  the  quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  imme- 
diate slaughter. 

TENNESSEE. 

The  following-mentioned  counties  and  parts  of  counties  are  quar- 
antined: The  counties  of  Shelby,  Hardeman,  McNairy,  Chester,  Hen- 
derson, Decatur,  Hardin,  Wayne,  Lawrence,  Marion,  Hamilton, 
James,  Bradley,  Polk,  Warren,  Overton,  Pickett;  that  portion  of 
Madison  County  east  and  south  of  a  line  beginning  at  a  point  on  the 
southern  bounaary  line  of  Madison  County  where  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  intersects  said  line;  thence  northerly  along  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral Railroad  to  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Jackson;  thence 
westerly  and  northerly  along  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Jack- 
son to  the  Jackson  and  Spring  Creek  public  road;  thence  northerly 
along  the  Jackson  and  Spring  Creek  public  road  to  its  intersection 
with  the  southern  boundary  of  Carroll  County;  that  portion  of  Benton 
County  south  of  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad;  those  portions 
of  the  counties  of  Giles,  Lincoln,  and  Franklin  south  of  Elk  River; 
that  portion  of  Sequatchie  County  east  of  the  western  bluff  or  crest  of 
Waldens  Ridge;  that  portion  of  Dekalb  County  south  and  east  of  a 
line  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  northeastern  corner  of  Cannon 
Countv  with  the  west  prong  of  Dry  Creek  near  the  southeast  corner  of 
the  third  civil  district  of  Dekalb  County;  thence  northerly  along  said 
creek  to  its  intersection  with  the  southern  boundary  of  the  twentieth 
civil  district  of  said  county;  thence  easterly  and  northerly  along  the 
southern  and  eastern  boundaries  of  said  twentieth  civil  district  to  the 
southern  boundary  of  the  tenth  civil  district  of  said  county  near  Cap- 
ling;  thence  southeasterly  along  the  southern  boundary  of  the  tenth 
and  twenty-second  civil  districts  of  said  county  to  Big  Hurricane  (or 
Hurricane)  Creek;  thence  northerly  along  said,  creek  to  Caney  Fork 
River;  thence  northwesterly  along  Caney  Fork  River  to  the  eastern 
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boundary  of  the  eighteenth  civil  district  of  said  Dekalb  County; 
thence  northerly  along  the  eastern  boundary  of  said  eighteenth  civil 
district  to  the  southern  boundary  of  Putnam  County;  that  portion 
of  Putnam  County  not  included  in  the  ninth,  tenth,  and  eleventh  civil 
districts ;  that  portion  of  Fentress  County  west  of  the  East  Fork  Obey 
River,  and  that  portion  of  White  County  north  and  west  of  a  line 
beginning  on  the  southern  boundary  of  AMute  County  where  the  Calf 
Killer  River  empties  into  Caney  Fork  River;  thence  northerly  along 
Caney  Fork  River  to  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
way; thence  northeasterly  along  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga  and  St. 
Louis  Railway  to  the  western  bluff  of  Cumberland  Mountain,  near 
Bon  Air;  thence  continuing  northeasterly  along  the  bluff  of  Cumber- 
land Mountain  to  the  Putnam  County  line  near  Ravenscroft. 

During  the  continuance  of  tins  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  counties 
of  Warren,  Overton,  Pickett,  or  those  portions  of  the  counties  of 
Dekalb,  Putnam,  Fentress,  and  White,  above  described,  shall  be 
moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for  immediate  slaugh- 
ter, to  any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the  State  of  Tennessee 
which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern, 
or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle  shall  have  been 
inspected  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written  permit  for  the 
shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
nor  until  permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in  advance  of  the 
movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or  Territory  into 
which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  and  portions  of  counties  in  that  part 
of  the  State  of  Tennessee  which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern, 
or  Texas  fever,  cattle  shall  only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  inter- 
state to  points  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  in  accordance  with 
the  regulations  for  immediate  slaughter. 

GEORGIA. 

The  entire  State  of  Georgia  is  quarantined  except  the  counties  of 
Union,  Towns,  and  Rabun. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  counties 
of  Fannin,  Murray,  Gilmer,  White,  Habersham,  Stephens,  or  Hall 
shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for  imme- 
diate slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the  State 
of  Georgia  which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  splenetic, 
southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle  shall  have 
been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written  permit  for 
the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus- 
try, nor  until  permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in  advance  of  the 
movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or  Territory  into 
which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  in  that  part  of  the  State  of  Georgia  which 
is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  cattle  shall 
only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of 
the  quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  imme- 
diate slaughter. 

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SOUTH    CAROLINA. 

The  entire  State  of  South  Carolina  is  quarantined. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  coun- 
ties of  Oconee,  Pickens,  Greenville,  or  Anderson  shall  be  moved  or 
allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for  immediate  slaughtei 
any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina 
which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern. 
or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle  slia  11  have  been  inspected 
and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written  permit  for  the  shipment 
issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until 
permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement 
from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or  Territory  into  which  the 
cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina  cattle  shall 
only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of  the 
quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  immediate 
slaughter. 

NORTH    CAROLINA. 

The  counties  of  Warren,  Franklin,  Wake,  Chatham,  Randolph, 
Stanley,  Union,  Anson,  Montgomery,  Moore,  Harnett,  Johnston, 
Wilson,  Nash,  Halifax,  Northampton,  Hertford,  Bertie,  Gates, 
Chowan,  Perquimans,  Pasquotank,  Camden,  Currituck,  Edgecombe, 
Martin,  Washington,  Tyrell,  Dare,  Hyde,  Beaufort,  Pitt,  Wayne, 
Sampson,  Cumberland,  Richmond,  Scotland,  Robeson,  Bladen, 
Greene,  Lenoir,  Craven,  Pamlico,  Carteret,  Jones,  Duplin,  Onslow, 
Pender,  Columbus,  Brunswick,  and  New  Hanover  are  quarantined. 

From  the  counties  above  mentioned  cattle  shall  only  be  moved 
or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of  the  quarantined 
area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  immediate  slaughter. 

VIRGINIA. 

The  counties  of  Fluvanna,  Chesterfield,  York,  Pittsylvania,  Meck- 
lenburg, Lunenburg,  Brunswick,  Greenesville,  Sussex,  Surry,  South- 
ampton, Isle  of  Wight,  and  Nansemond  are  quarantined. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  Fluvanna 
County  shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for 
immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United  States  not  in  the 
State  of  Virginia  which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for 
splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said  cattle 
shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written 
permit  for  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in 
advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or 
Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  counties  in  that  portion  of  the  State  of  Virginia 
which  is  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  cattle 
shall  only  De  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside 
of  the  quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  imme- 
diate slaughter. 

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LOUISIANA. 

The  entire  State  of  Louisiana  is  quarantined. 

During  the  continuance  of  this  quarantine  no  cattle  of  the  parishes 
of  Lincoln  and  Claiborne  shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except 
as  provided  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United  States 
not  in  the  State  of  Louisiana  which  is  located  in  an  area  not  quaran- 
tined for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  unless  and  until  the  said 
cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a 
written  permit  for  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been  obtained  in 
advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the  State  or 
Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

From  the  other  parishes  in  the  State  of  Louisiana  cattle  shall  only 
be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  interstate  to  points  outside  of  the 
quarantined  area  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  for  immediate 
slaughter. 

MISSISSIPPI,  ALABAMA,  FLORIDA. 

The  entire  States  of  Mississippi,  Alabama,  and  Florida  are  quar- 
antined. 

From  the  above-mentioned  States  cattle  shall  only  be  moved  or 
allowed  to  move  to  points  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  in  accord- 
ance with  the  regulations  for  immediate  slaughter. 

GENERAL   PROVISION. 

During  the  continuance  of  the  quarantine  as  herein  established 
no  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Territory  (except 
those  portions  from  which  cattle  may  be  moved  upon  inspection)  shall 
be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  to  any  portion  of  the  quarantined  area 
of  another  State  or  Territory  from  which,  under  the  specific  provi- 
sions of  this  rule,  cattle  are  allowed  to  be  shipped  for  purposes  other 
than  immediate  slaughter  upon  inspection  and  certification  by  an 
inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

OPEN    SEASON. 

During  the  months  of  January,  November,  and  December  of  each 
year  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Territory  may  be 
moved  interstate  therefrom  for  purposes  other  than  immediate 
slaughter  into  the  State  of  Kansas,  the  Territories  of  Arizona  and 
New  Mexico,  those  portions  of  the  States  of  California,  Texas,  Ten- 
nessee, and  Georgia  not  included  in  the  quarantined  area,  and  that 
portion  of  the  State  of  Missouri  south  of  the  Missouri  River  if  the  said 
cattle  shall  first  have  been  inspected  under  proper  facilities  for  inspec- 
tion at  the  point  of  origin  and  found  free  of  infection  and  a  written 
permit  for  the  movement  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry  or  by  a  duly  authorized  inspector  of  the  State  or  Ter- 
ritory to  which  the  cattle  are  destined,  and  if  permission  shall  first  have 
been  obtained  from  the  proper  official  of  the  said  State  or  Territory. 

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During  the  months  of  January  and  February,  the  first  fifteen  days  of 
March  and  the  last  sixteen  days  of  December  in  each  year,  cuttle  of 
the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Territory  may  be  moved  inter- 
state therefrom  for  purposes  other  than  immediate  slaughter  under  the 
above-mentioned  restrictions  into  those  portions  of  the  States  of  Vir- 
ginia and  North  Carolina  not  included  in  the  quarantined  area.  Dur- 
ing the  month  of  January  and  the  last  seventeen  days  of  December  in 
each  year  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Territory  may 
be  moved  interstate  therefrom  for  purposes  other  than  immediate 
slaughter  under  the  above-mentioned  restrictions  into  that  portion 
of  the  State  of  Oklahoma  not  included  in  the  quarantined  area. 

Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  that  have  been  shipped  interstate 
during  the  months  of  January,  November,  and  December  of  each  year 
to  any  State  or  Territory  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  other  than 
those  States  and  Territories  and  portions  thereof  set  out  herein  shall 
not  be  moved  into  any  of  the  States  or  Territories  or  portions  thereof 
hereinbefore  mentioned  within  three  months  of  the  date  of  the  move- 
ment from  the  quarantined  area. 

Cattle  which  are  moved  interstate  from  the  quarantined  area  of  any 
State  or  Territory  into  those  States  or  Territories  or  portions  thereof 
hereinbefore  mentioned,  under  certificates  from  inspectors  either  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  or  of  the  States  or  Territories  to  which 
the  cattle  are  destined  for  feeding  or  stocking  purposes  shall,  when 
shipped,  be  transported  in  cleaned  and  disinfected  cars  or  boats,  and 
shall  -not  be  placed  in  stock  pens  which  have  been  reserved  for  cattle 
originating  in  the  quarantined  area. 

FEEDING    STATIONS    FOR   NONINFECTED    CATTLE. 

Cattle  not  of  the  quarantined  area  which  are  transported  inter- 
state by  rail  through  the  quarantined  area  may  be  unloaded  therein 
for  rest,  feed,  and  water  into  properly  equipped  noninfectious  pens 
set  apart  for  such  cattle  at  the  Fort  Worth  Stock  Yards  at  Fort 
Worth,  Tex.;  the  stock  yards  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas 
Railway  at  Hodge,  Tex.;  the  stock  yards  of  the  International  and 
Great  Northern  Railroad  at  Laredo,  Tex.;  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
way Stock  Yards  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  the  stock  yards  at  Colton, 
Cal.,  and  Bakersfield,  Cal.;  the  Sapulpa  Stock  Yards  of  the  St.  Louis 
and  San  Francisco  Railroad  at  Sapulpa,  Okla. ;  the  stock  yards  of 
the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Railway  at  Muskogee,  Okla.;  and 
at  such  other  points  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  authorized  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  provided  such  pens  and  the  platforms, 
chutes,  and  alleyways  leading  thereto  are  constructed  and  main- 
tained in  accordance  with  the  specifications  set  out  in  the  regulations 
of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  prevent  the  spread  of  splenetic 
fever  in  cattle. 

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